THE ORCHID WORLD 



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Oncidium phymalochilum. A specimen plantjn the 

 Gold Medal group exhibited by Mr. H. Dixon, 

 Spencer Park Nursery, IVandsWorth Common. 



Mr. H. Dixon, Spencer Park Nursery, 

 Wandsworth Common, was awarded the First 

 Prize, a Gold Medal, for the best exhibit of 

 50 Orchids in not less than 25 species, varie- 

 ties or hybrids. The selection included Odon 

 tioda Charlesworthii of excellent colour, 

 Odontioda Vuylstekeae, O. Diana, O. Brad- 

 shawiae, a good plant of Oncidium phyma- 

 tochilum with four spikes having a total cf 

 323 flowers (see illustration), and a specimen 

 Coelogyne pandurata. This exhibit was well 

 arranged and gained considerable praise. 



Mr. W. A. Manda, .South Orange, New 

 Jersey, U.S.A., and St. Albans, secured the 

 Second Prize, a Silver Cup, in the above class. 



Messrs. A. A. Peeters and Sons, St. Gilles, 

 Brussels, were awarded a large Silver Cup for 

 an excellent exhibit, the back of which was 

 filled with specimen Renanthera Imschootiana ; 



the foreground contained a number of 

 remarkable varieties of Miltonia vexillarias, 

 many of great beauty. 



Mons. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Belgium, 

 received a Silver-gilt Medal for some very 

 beautiful hybrids. Odontioda Queen Mary, 

 with a pinkish-white ground, heavily blotched 

 with scarlet ; Odontoglossum azureum, of a 

 bright violet-blue colour ; and Od. illustre 

 exquisitum, a large dark red flower with a 

 narrow white margin to all the segments. 



Mr. C. Birchenall, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, 

 was awarded a Silver Medal for a good group 

 containing Cattleya Unique magnifica, a good 

 hybrid between Schroderas and Mendelii, and 

 several excellent forms of the latter species. 



J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton, 

 secured the Second Prize, a Silver-Gilt Cup 

 for 12 specimen Orchids. The best were 

 Vanda tricolor and a specimen Cattleya 

 Mossiee. 



Mr. W. A. Manda, South Orange, New- 

 Jersey, U.S.A., secured the Second Prize, a 

 .Silver Cup, for six specimen Orchids. These 

 included Cattleya gigas with 14 flowers, C. 

 Mendelii, Dendrobium infundibulum, and D. 

 Wardianum. 



Mr. W. A. Manda won the Second Prize, a 

 Silver-gilt Medal, for a specimen Orchid : 

 Cattleya gigas with 26 flowers. 



J. McCartney, Esq., Hey House, Bolton, 

 secured the Third Prize, a small Silver-Gilt 

 Medal, for a specimen Orchid : Oncidium 

 sphacelatum. 



J. McCartney, Esq., was awarded the 

 Second Prize, a Silver Medal, for Laelias, 

 Cattleyas, and Brassavolas, 12 plants. The 

 .specimens included Cattleya Dusseldorfei 

 Undine, C. Mossije Arnoldiana, C. Mendelii, 

 Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano-Schroderae, Laelia 

 purpurata Amie Louise, and L. cinnabrosa. 



Mr. W. A. Manda secured the First Prize 

 for a new Orchid species, Cymbidium Man- 

 daianum, very similar to Cymb. I'Ansonii, 

 flowers creamy-brown with dark brown 

 markings. 



Mr. W. A. Manda also won the First Prize 

 for a variety of a species by showing a good 

 broad form of Cattleya Mendelii with six 

 flowers. He also staged C. gigas Mandaiana, 



